Motto of the Day Archives - Karsten Noack Training & Coaching Berlin https://www.karstennoack.com/category/motto-of-the-day/ How to make you and your message compelling in conversations and presentations Mon, 04 Aug 2025 04:46:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.karstennoack.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-Logo-ohne-text-600-32x32.png Motto of the Day Archives - Karsten Noack Training & Coaching Berlin https://www.karstennoack.com/category/motto-of-the-day/ 32 32 The biggest mistake you can make in your life is to be always afraid of making a mistake. https://www.karstennoack.com/the-biggest-mistake-you-can-make-in-your-life-is-to-be-always-afraid-of-making-a-mistake/ https://www.karstennoack.com/the-biggest-mistake-you-can-make-in-your-life-is-to-be-always-afraid-of-making-a-mistake/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 04:47:33 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=34876 For which concern do you want courage and determination? What would you do if you got the guarantee that it will succeed? What does it deserve to be supported by you?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/the-biggest-mistake-you-can-make-in-your-life-is-to-be-always-afraid-of-making-a-mistake/feed/ 0 Shape the Future: Simple Actions You Can Take Today for a Better Tomorrow https://www.karstennoack.com/future-shape-coaching/ https://www.karstennoack.com/future-shape-coaching/#respond Sat, 26 Oct 2024 23:01:49 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=1087 Imagine a world where future generations thrive, where the air is cleaner, communities are stronger, and our actions today make all the difference.

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/future-shape-coaching/feed/ 0 Be present, aware and enjoy! https://www.karstennoack.com/be-present-aware-and-enjoy/ https://www.karstennoack.com/be-present-aware-and-enjoy/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:30:59 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=4444 How do you pay attention to the present moment? How would it be to enjoy every moment even more today?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/be-present-aware-and-enjoy/feed/ 0 Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. –Dionysius of Halicarnassus https://www.karstennoack.com/speech-silence/ https://www.karstennoack.com/speech-silence/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:20:55 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=49794 When it is better to speak up and when to stay silent. How to know which one is the better decision?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/speech-silence/feed/ 0 A mighty flame arises from a tiny spark. –Dante Alighieri https://www.karstennoack.com/mighty-flame-spark-beginning/ https://www.karstennoack.com/mighty-flame-spark-beginning/#respond Sat, 18 Jun 2022 05:56:45 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=51486 What spark do you want to bring into the world and what do you expect from it? Is it worth standing up for and giving the idea a real chance?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/mighty-flame-spark-beginning/feed/ 0 Without proper attitude, words are just words https://www.karstennoack.com/words-meaning/ https://www.karstennoack.com/words-meaning/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:24:23 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=46488 Many words, little meaning! The world is full of promises that are not kept. If it bothers us, we could change it. At least for ourselves, we can decide whether we stand by our words or not. How about being more attentive to our own statements?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/words-meaning/feed/ 1 Those who seek injustice, just need to open their eyes. https://www.karstennoack.com/injustice-open-your-eyes/ https://www.karstennoack.com/injustice-open-your-eyes/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:57:54 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=51471 How would it be today to look more closely at how we have something to contribute to more fairness in this world? What reality deserves some support? Where can something be made fairer, friendlier, more beautiful? What stands in the way?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/injustice-open-your-eyes/feed/ 0 Imagination is the most beautiful daughter of truth, only a little more vivid than its mother. –Carl Spitteler https://www.karstennoack.com/fantasy-truth-opportunities/ https://www.karstennoack.com/fantasy-truth-opportunities/#respond Thu, 28 Oct 2021 04:52:05 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=51440 What reality deserves some support? Where can something be made fairer, friendlier, more beautiful? What stands in the way?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/fantasy-truth-opportunities/feed/ 0 One big mistake we can make is to be constantly afraid of making a mistake. https://www.karstennoack.com/mistake-fear-of-making-a-mistake/ https://www.karstennoack.com/mistake-fear-of-making-a-mistake/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:42:07 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=50481 What helps to deal with an uncertain future: fear, courage or ignorance?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/mistake-fear-of-making-a-mistake/feed/ 0 Not what we have 
but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.

 –Epicurus https://www.karstennoack.com/abundance/ https://www.karstennoack.com/abundance/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:00:51 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=2575 Abundance? It is such a cliche, but it is true: money cannot buy happiness. One of the quickest and easiest ways to allow abundance into your life is by deliberately focusing more on gratitude.

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/abundance/feed/ 0 Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s non-fattening! https://www.karstennoack.com/pride/ https://www.karstennoack.com/pride/#respond Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:53:00 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=2571 What do you think about the motto of the day? Do you always have to insist that you are right?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/pride/feed/ 0 Some people have accumulated so many hunches and opinions that there is no more space for learning. https://www.karstennoack.com/some-people-have-accumulated-so-many-hunches-and-opinions-that-there-is-no-more-space-for-learning/ https://www.karstennoack.com/some-people-have-accumulated-so-many-hunches-and-opinions-that-there-is-no-more-space-for-learning/#respond Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:06:42 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=50503 Those who already know everything, don't want to and will learn nothing more. What exactly is healthy doubt and how can we foster it?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/some-people-have-accumulated-so-many-hunches-and-opinions-that-there-is-no-more-space-for-learning/feed/ 0 And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been. 

Rainer Maria Rilke https://www.karstennoack.com/build-your-future-coaching-berlin/ https://www.karstennoack.com/build-your-future-coaching-berlin/#respond Sun, 24 Oct 2021 04:01:49 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=3106 Out with the old, in with the new: may you be happy the whole year through.
A new year is like a blank book, and the pen is in your hands. It is your chance to write a beautiful story for yourself.
Happy New Year.

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/build-your-future-coaching-berlin/feed/ 0 A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one. –Baltasar Gracián https://www.karstennoack.com/synonyms/ https://www.karstennoack.com/synonyms/#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:04:13 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=49731 What do you think about the motto of the day? How about good reasons to know synonyms?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/synonyms/feed/ 0 The moral man loves his soul and the ordinary his property. Confucius https://www.karstennoack.com/price-of-the-soul/ https://www.karstennoack.com/price-of-the-soul/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:37:16 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=44805 What is the value of the soul? Where and how can immaterial values ​​be valued even more today?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/price-of-the-soul/feed/ 1 Change the world; the world needs it. Bertolt Brecht https://www.karstennoack.com/do-gooders-coaching/ https://www.karstennoack.com/do-gooders-coaching/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:22:03 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=47873 What do you want to stand up for?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/do-gooders-coaching/feed/ 2 The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. Mark Twain https://www.karstennoack.com/power-of-pauses-speech-presentation/ https://www.karstennoack.com/power-of-pauses-speech-presentation/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2021 04:30:15 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=46460 When most people get up to speak they tend to talk from the moment they are introduced till they sit down. Most speaker ignore that the pauses in their talk can get a lot of attention. How about exploring the power of pauses today?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/power-of-pauses-speech-presentation/feed/ 1 Humility makes invulnerable. –Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach https://www.karstennoack.com/humility-strength/ https://www.karstennoack.com/humility-strength/#respond Mon, 18 Oct 2021 04:33:11 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=46330 Humbleness or humility is perhaps an under-rated virtue. Why does humility matter?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/humility-strength/feed/ 0 I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Ralph Waldo Emerson https://www.karstennoack.com/know-your-values/ https://www.karstennoack.com/know-your-values/#respond Sun, 17 Oct 2021 04:20:18 +0000 http://www.karstennoack.com/?p=2590 I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Respect is an important value. And the courage to speak up is also one. Sometimes people don't speak up because it interferes with the respect they want to convey someone else. What is more appropriate and what is inappropriate respect?

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]]> https://www.karstennoack.com/know-your-values/feed/ 0 Good mood is free and confuses the opponent! https://www.karstennoack.com/good-mood-confidence/ https://www.karstennoack.com/good-mood-confidence/#respond Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:37:18 +0000 https://www.karstennoack.com/?p=35125 Where and when do you want to stay in a good psychic attitude in the future, where otherwise your personal calmness is easily lost?

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